Chapter 14 : Stay Away

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♡ Jessica Woods ♡

I should stop reading at midnight. I thought as I observed the dark circles under my eyes when I was passing the school bathroom mirror.

Can't I look as flawless as Emma Watson?

I sighed and washed my hands before heading out.

"Hey!" someone tapped my shoulder and I turned around to welcome the oh-so-girlfriend of Jace, Natasha Taylor.

"Hi." I forced out a smile and she stepped closer to me and I got scared because Natasha and I were the only persons in the bathroom right now.

"I'm Jace's girlfriend." she announced and I resisted the urge of rolling my eyes.

I thought you're his boyfriend.

"I know." I said quietly and she stepped even closer to me and now I was leaning against the sink, gripping the counter on either side.

"Why are you coming closer to me?"

"Because I'm gonna kiss you." she deadpanned and I frowned.

"Huh?"

"Listen Jessica.." she sighed.

Oh wow! She knows my name! See how popular I am!

"Jace is mine. Yeah, I get that he's the one who kissed you but that doesn't mean he has feelings for you right?" she asked very gently but I could tell it was fake.

"Yeah I-"

"Let me finish." she interrupted. "I love him so much and he loves me more than I imagine. Do you know how much it hurts when you see your boyfriend kissing some other girl?" she asked and I realized that she had a point.

"I'm sorry. It happened on the spur of the moment. Please don't break up with him because of this."

She stepped back as if she considered about what I said. "I won't unless you promise me that you stay away from him." she said and for some strange reason I didn't want to promise her.

"I promise." I nodded and her lips curled into a big grin as she hugged me tightly.

"Aw thankyou Jessica. I knew that you've feelings only for Sam." she beamed and I hugged her back awkwardly before pulling away.

Yeah, she's right.

Fine. I was lying to myself too but I didn't have any other choices. Either I should have feelings for someone who didn't even acknowledge my presence or I should confess my feelings to someone who wasn't and would not be mine.

"Life is so unfair." I mumbled as I walked past her and left the bathroom.
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Thirty minutes.

Thirty freaking minutes I was sitting in the car and waiting for Louise to come who was talking with Ryan endlessly, leaning on the car back door.

As my phone's battery was completely dead and had nothing to do, I adjusted the side mirror to get the better view of Louise and Ryan and eavesdropped their conversation.

"You sure?" Ryan asked, holding Louise's hands and she smiled.

"For the hundredth time, Yes. I can come by myself." she sighed and then they both were just looking at each other without speaking anything.

I guess, these guys don't know that time won't wait for them. Pfft.

"Louise.." he whispered.

"Hm?"

"The party is for us." he told and she nodded, giving him a sly smile.

"I know."

"Well.. so would you.." Ryan trailed off, looking down at her hands that he was holding.

"Yeah. I would." she admitted, blushing slightly and Ryan looked up at her with widen eyes.

"Would you?"

Would you what? What the hell are they even talking about? Not like I care.

"If you don't like, you don't have to." Ryan informed and she chuckled.

"Oh shut up Ryan. I love to have sex with you, alright?" Louise admitted and my cheeks flushed for no reason. Ryan laughed, leaning forward and pecked her lips.

I get it now.

"You're a bitch. My bitch." he said and pecked her lips again, completely ignoring my presence but I didn't mind though.

They're actually one of my favourite couples.

"Hey look.. she's the one." a brunette who was standing in front of the car whispered to a red-head which caught my attention and I could see the red head narrowing her eyes at me as she whispered back. "What? Did Jace cheat on Natasha for this one?"

The brunette nodded and when she noticed I was looking at them, she faked smile at me but I ignored them, looking down till they walked past the car.

I leaned against the seat and wondered why would my first kiss bothered everyone.

When I turned to look at the other side, I saw Jace and Natasha approaching the parking lot and I started to panic.

Stay away from him.

I quickly rolled up the window and stared ahead when I saw them coming closer. But Samuel wasn't with them and I knew he had a detention for walking into a class and mocking a French nerd for being a bad kisser infront of the teacher.

"It seems that you both have a lot to talk." I heard Jace say sarcastically and Louise say something back to Jace, patting the passenger seat door but I pretended I didn't hear anything as I continuously stared ahead.

A few seconds later, somebody knocked the window and I turned to that direction and saw Jace leaning over slightly and gesturing me to open the window. I sighed loudly before rolling down the window.

"Hey." he said, crossing his hands and placing them on the window sill.

Being 6'1, isn't it hard to stand like this?

But that's not the point here. The main point is that he's talking with me.. as always. YAY!

"Hey." I said awkwardly. "Do you.. need anything?"

"Yeah." he nodded. "Are you going to redo the CS exam?"

"The assignment exam? well, I don't have a part-"

"Oh c'mon. I'm your partner." he tilted his head to a side and that's when I noticed that Natasha was standing behind him and shooting daggers at us.

"Uh, alright then. We'll do." I said hastily and his eyes brightened.

"Together?"

"Together." I nodded and he gave me a small smile and for a tiny second his eyes dropped on my lips and I thought he was going to kiss me again but after getting know him properly, I knew he wouldn't and that made me a little sad.

"So.. will you come to the party?" he asked, looking up at me and I nodded.

"Yes."

"Really?" he sounded surprised and I guess, he noticed it too. "Uh, I mean, Ryan said you wouldn't come to the party that's why."

"Liar liar pants on fire!" I heard Ryan say and Jace turned to glare at him before pressing his foot on Ryan's leg which made Louise and me laugh while Ryan was wincing like a baby.

"Well well. Can anyone see that I'm here too?" Natasha stated, frowning and I rolled my eyes as Jace stepped back and wrapped his hand around her.

"Ouch. Look Ryan, you hurt my Tash." Jace said sarcastically, pinching her cheek and Ryan nodded mockingly.

"My bad."

"Shall we go?" Natasha whined, looking up at Jace which made him furrow his brows.

"Is everything alright?" he pulled her closer and she frowned, leaning her head on Jace's arm.

"I'm tired because of you." she said to Jace, looking at me and giving me an evil smirk.

What? Did they.. wow.

"I know. I'm sorry." he apologized, kissing the top of her head and I cringed, looking down.

"You don't need to be sorry for that man. It's nature right Tash?" Ryan asked, winking at Natasha and she blushed.

"Hey! we-" Jace cut off by Natasha.

"Fine, fine. We're leaving." Natasha said, gripping the strap of her bag and Jace nodded.

"And Ryan, You don't need to pick me up. I'll come by myself." Jace informed and Ryan scoffed.

"I wouldn't, even if you say so."

Natasha and Louise giggled and Jace glared at everyone but his glare vanished when he looked at me and waved his hand. "Bye."

I was surprised by his sudden action yet I smiled at him and waved my hand back as he started to walk away, scowling playfully at Ryan.

"Bye guys!" Natasha said hastily and ran behind Jace like a puppy. And after pecking Louise's lips and telling me goodbye, Ryan made his way towards his car.
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"You only brought this?" Louise grumbled, motioning to my dress the second I got out of the bathroom.

"Yeah, what's the problem with that?" I shrugged, tightening the grip of my towel that was wrapping around my body.

"Ew." she cringed at my long-sleeved navy-blue coloured jumpsuit which she was holding on.

"Can you throw them? I need to get ready." I told but she was frowning at my dress and then at me before throwing them on the bed.

"What are-"

"We're going to a party Jessie!" she shrieked and I furrowed my brows.

"So?"

She groaned and made her way towards her closet and opened it. I sat on the dressing table stool while she was rummaging through her piles of clothes for a few seconds. When I was about to ask what she was searching, she squealed turning around.

"Yes! Yes! This one." she held out a mid-thigh length frock in front of me. "You're going to wear this one."

"Me? You've got to be kidding me." I scoffed and she marched towards me and placed it on my lap.

"This one is more perfect for you." she insisted and I frowned at that frock and took it in my hands to get a better look of it.

It was a hot-pink coloured sleeveless frock and it had a deep v-neck which would reveal my boobs more or less.

"No.. I can't-"

"Jessie, we don't have much time. So Please stop whining and go get ready. I could dress up after doing your makeover." she informed and I nodded sighing, before getting into the bathroom.

I wore as fast as I could and stepped outside, adjusting the frock as it was too tight but making me look sexy at the same time.

"Wow!" Louise squealed, clapping her hands and coming closer to me.

"How's it?" I asked doubtfully and she swatted my arm.

"It's wonderful!" she beamed and pushed me towards the dressing table. "Now c'mon. Let's add some more beauty to you."

She made me sit on her rolling chair and placed her makeup bag on the dressing table in front of me and took out an eyebrow pencil.

"Alright maam! Now close your eyes. I'm gonna begin." she said dramatically.

"Can I trust you?"

"Of course. But I'm sorry ma'am I'm not responsible if you lose your virginty today." she told smirking and I giggled before closing my eyes and leaning my head on the chair.

She started to do my eye makeup and the word of virginty got me back to today's morning incident.

Why the hell was I feeling disgust at the thought of Jace having sex with Natasha? He was her boyfriend and he has all the rights to do whatever with her.

"I bet that Sam would ask you out today." Louise beamed, getting me out of my thoughts and I smiled faintly.

"Dream on."

"You wanna bet?" Louise asked, drawing my eyebrows.

"I don't want you to lose." I told and she stopped working.

"You know what? Just because you've one tiny pimple on your right cheek doesn't mean you're ugly." Louise told and I was about to open my eyes but closed it again when she protested. "Hey, hey! Don't open your eyes."

"Fine." I huffed. "What about you? Are you gonna have sex with Ryan?"

There was no reply from her for a few seconds. "I don't know. Maybe yes. Maybe no. Let's go with the flow and see what happens." she said so casually, applying something on my cheeks.

"Wow. You're not the miss goody two shoes anymore." I snorted and she hit my forehead with some kind of stick.

"Hush Jessie. You're making worse." she scolded and I sighed and kept quiet.

Several minutes later, Louise clapped her hands. "All done! Now slowly open your eyes and take a look of yourself ma'am."

I did as like she said and leaned forward to glance at the mirror in nervous as makeup wasn't my thing.

I was filled with astonishment when I saw the one who was looking as surprised as me. She was looking absolutely different but not in a bad way.

Her blonde hair was straightened even more and her face was looking nearly flawless as the makeup was not heavy and not light at the same time.

if I wanted to say how I looked in Louise's point of view..

"Goodness Gracious Me! You are slaying.." Louise sighed dreamily and I nodded absentmindedly.

For some unknown reason I was so excited to go to the party right now.

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